Chairman

"Since its original introduction in 1997, the Unified Modeling Language has revolutionized software development. Every integrated software development environment in the world--open-source, standards-based, and proprietary--now supports UML and, more importantly, the model-driven approach to software development. This makes learning the newest UML standard, UML 2.0, critical for all software developers--and there isn't a better choice than this clear, step-by-step guide to learning the language."
--Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO, OMG...

About the Author Professor Ellen A. Benowitz has been employed at Mercer County Community College since 1972. In addition to providing instruction in the areas of accounting, business organization, business communications and management, she has also served in several administrative positions. Professor Benowitz is also the New Jersey State Chairman for Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda and serves as member of the national board of directors.

“This is an excellent book for anyone interested in the important
discussion of stock option expensing and, more significantly, the
optimal use of stock options in compensation plans. It is written
from the point of view of an experienced and knowledgeable com-
pensation consultant who has advised board compensation com-
mittees and talked with many people outside the field considering
the economic and incentive effects of the overuse of stock options in
the 90s.”—John M. Biggs, former Chairman & CEO of TIAA-
CREF ...

Series Editor J. David Irwin Auburn University This is a series that will include handbooks, textbooks, and professional reference books on cutting-edge areas of engineering. Also included in this series will be single-authored professional books on state-of-theart techniques and methods in engineering. Its objective is to meet the needs of academic, industrial, and governmental engineers, as well as to provide instructional material for teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level. This series editor, J. David Irwin, is one of the best-known engineering educators in the world.

Sven Erik Jørgensen is professor of environmental chemistry at the Danish
University of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has doctorates in engineering from
Karlsruhe University and sciences from Copenhagen University. He has been
editor in chief of Ecological Modelling since the journal started in 1975. He is
chairman of the International Lake Environment Committee. He has edited or
authored 58 books in Danish and English and written 300 papers of which twothirds
have been published in peer-reviewed international journals.

The Honorable David Laro was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to the United
States Tax Court, confirmed by the Senate, and invested as a federal judge in November 1992.
He formerly practiced law in Michigan for 24 years, specializing in tax law.
Judge Laro is a graduate of the New York University School of Law (LLM in Taxation,
1970), the University of Illinois Law School (JD, 1967), and the University of Michigan
(BA, 1964).
Before joining the U.S. Tax Court, Judge Laro was chairman and CEO of a publicly
traded international company.

Gordon V. Smith is chairman of AUS, Inc. and president of AUS Consultants. He has advised
clients in valuation matters for over 40 years. His assignments have included appraisals of
nearly every type of tangible and intangible property as well as consultations relative to royalty
rates, economic life, and litigation damages for intellectual property. Clients have been many of
the Fortune 500 and major international law firms, as well as research and educational institu-
tions, regulatory bodies, and the U.S. government.
Mr.

Colin Munro MacLeod is recognized as one of the founders of
molecular biology for his research concerning the role of
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in bacteria. Along with his colleagues
Oswald Avery and Maclyn McCarty, MacLeod conducted
experiments on bacterial transformation which
indicated that DNA was the active agent in the genetic transformation
of bacterial cells. His earlier research focused on the
causes of pneumonia and the development of serums to treat
it.

Praise for Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know About Cloud Computing
In Business in the Cloud, Michael Hugos and Derek Hulitzky explain the many changes that cloud computing is bringing to technology, organizations, and industry ecosystems. Their book is a tutorial written in simple language to help readers understand the potential of the cloud to transform every industry in the years ahead. Business in the Cloud is highly recommended for anyone who wants to take advantage of the many opportunities being brought by cloud computing to business and society.

Another pioneer and leader in the quality transformation is Dr. Joseph M. Juran (1904–), founder and chairman emeritus of the Juran Institute, Inc. in Wilton, Connecticut. Juran has authored several books on quality planning, and quality by design, and is the editor-in-chief of Juran’s Quality Control Handbook, the fourth edition copyrighted in 1988. (Reference 5)

To a number of people who influenced my life and prepared me for the
job of creating this book:
First, my mother, who not only taught me to read, but allowed me
to experience the enjoyment of reading. She opened up for me the vast
knowledge available in libraries.
Dr. Wade Moorehouse, retired Professor of Accounting and former
Chairman of the Department of Business and Economics at California
State University, Hayward, who many years ago, when I was an undergraduate
student in his accounting course, stimulated my excitement
about the accounting function.